Word: blues
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last year's victory of twenty lengths. The odds are again on the oarsmen of the Isis; partly, no doubt, because they have once more as stroke Mr. L. R. West of Christ Church, who occupied the same position in Oxford's victories of 1880 and '81. The light-blue has a heavy and powerful crew, of whom much is expected, though thus far their stroke is considered hardly equal to that of their competitors. The race is admitted, however, to be a doubtful one, and, with good weather, it will doubtless be attended by an enormous crowd of spectators...
LIGHT-WEIGHT WRESTLING.W. H. Page, '83 (blue); O. Bangs, S. S. (black), and H. Lilienthal, '83, were the entries in this event. Their weights were as follows: Page, 139 7/8 lbs.; Bangs, 138 3/4 lbs.; Lilienthal, 133 lbs. Lilienthal had drawn the bye, and the first bout was between Page, the winner of the event last year, and Bangs. Page was the shorter of the two, and looked much stronger than his antagonist, who, however, made up in agility and skill what he lacked in this respect. Page was somewhat handicapped by his exertions in sparring, while Bangs was entirely...
MIDDLE-WRIGHT WRESTLINGWas next in the order and was well contested by W. Fuller '83 (blue), and G. C. Choate, S. S. (red), whose
MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLINGWas next in order and was well contested by W. Fuller, '83 (blue), and G. C. Choate, S. S. (red), whose
...felt rather blue...